TIMES HERALD THE VILLAGE
STONY BROOK • OLD FIELD • STRONG’S NECK • SETAUKET • EAST SETAUKET • SOUTH SETAUKET • POQUOT T July 9, 2015
Volume 40, No. 19
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Let freedom ring
Gallery North Wet Paint Festival Also: Motorcycle exhibit in Stony Brook, Corn Festival in Setauket, Roots and Shoots ambassador Arunima Roy
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Photo by Bob Savage
Independence Day was booming across the North Shore over the holiday weekend, and Port Jefferson was especially decked out in red, white and blue on Saturday for the village’s annual July 4th parade. Above, Setauket-based bagpipers treat residents who packed the parade to a performance.
Dreams of new 25A
Setauket, Stony Brook residents collaborate on visions for major road
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SBU campus opens academic building PAGE A4
Setauket Harbor group grows in strength BY PHIL CORSO
Setauket Harbor’s closestfriend circle just got a lot bigger. The newly formed Setauket Harbor Task Force has been appointed to the Long Island Sound Study Citizens Advisory Committee, bulking up the latter group’s ability to preserve water quality across the North Shore and beyond. George Hoffman, a board member with the Setauket Harbor Task Force, said his group’s new spot on the advisory committee should provide it with greater resources to achieve its goal of protecting the waters of Three Village. “We are pleased to be named to the bi-state commission,” he said. “Being a member of the CAC will benefit Setauket Harbor and
Photo from George Hoffman
From left, Sean Mahar of Audubon New York, George Hoffman of the Setauket Harbor Task Force, Curt Johnson of the L.I. Sound Study CAC and state Assemblyman Steve Englebright (D) at a Sound study meeting.
provide us an opportunity to collaborate with other harbor protection committees on both sides of the Long
Island Sound.” The Long Island Sound Study was established in 1985 under the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s efforts to restore the health of the Sound and coordinate water quality activities among the various entities. Since 2005, the study has utilized collaborative funding to distribute more than $11.7 million as of 2013 to regional municipalities, environmental organizations and research institutions to improve the Long Island Sound’s water quality and coastal resiliency. “The LISS CAC welcomes the Setauket Harbor Task Force as a member and is happy to have new representation from New York and the central basin,” said Nancy Seligson, co-chair of the CAC and supervisor of the Town of Mamaroneck in HARBOR continued on page A8